Motion indicator and recorder.



PATENTED APR. 21, 1908.

I w. s. RUSH. MOTION INDICATOR AND RECORDER;

APPLICATION! 11 .2 190. 4

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' INVENTOR Arm/um PATENTED APR! 21, 1908.

M 8 2 1 5 8 8 n N APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 190']. a SHEETS-SHEET 2.

4 l l l I I I l ll ATTORNEY No. 885,528. PATENTED APR. 21, 1908.

w. S.'RUSH. MOTION. INDICATOR AND RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED 2 1 907 a sHEn'rs.-snEsT 3..

. i w an 0 nOu QRRDH INJ/E/VTOR ATTORNEY WITNESSES:

STATES PATENT orrron WALTER s. RUSH, or sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Lettei'l fateint.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER S. RUSH, a citizen of the United States of America, resident of the cit and county of San Francisco and State of alifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Motion Indicator and Recorder, of which the following is a s ecification.

This invention has for its ob'ect to rovide a means or device that,will in icate t e rotations and the direction of motion of a shaft or other part derivin its movement from an en ine, or motor, and Wlll also roduce a recor ofthe changes made, hot in the direcinvention when connected for operation wit the engine of a vessel will indicate the direc tion in which the engine is turning and the vessel is being driven, whether ahead or' astern; it will indicate also the direction in which the engine is moving and the relative speed at which it is moving, is in motion, or at rest. As a recordin -device, the invention will make a record 0? the changes taking place in the speed andin the direction of the motion, and the intervals or eriods of rest or -no motion, of the engine.

t will record the character, of the signals transmitted to the engineer from the pilothouse, and the time as well as the sequence of the signals made during the run of the engine. A complete indicator and recorderof my invention also will indicate the total number of revolutions made by the engine during the entire run of the vessel, and the number of revolutions being made by the engine during a given portion of time; as,

for example, the number of revolutions per minute.

It will furnish also a permanent record of the signals or orders given to the engineer, and the order in which they were given; and it will record the changes made in the movements of the.

engine in response to the orders as well as the moment at which the changes or variations and whether itwere 'made after the signal was received by the engineer. It will also notify the pilot-by an audible signal the instant at which the engine begins to make a reverse movement of the shaft in response to an order transmitted from the pilot-house.

A motion-indicator and recorder of my-invention consists of the various partsand features and combinations of features and details of construction hereinafter described and set forth in the claims at the end of this specification.

The accom anying drawings to which referenoe is ma e in the following description, illustrate a motion-indicator and recorder of my invention, and the details of its construction.

Figure 1 is a front-elevation of a com lete indicator and recorder of my invention, 1lus-' trating the means connecting the indicating and recording devices with, and operating them from, the movements or the propellershaft of a vessel and from the bell-pulls or signaling means located in the pilot-house. Fi s. 2 and 2 are front views of additional in icating-devices located in different parts of thevessel and connected with a single recording device. Fig. 3 is an end-elevation of the en inc-driven shaft, and the mechanism throng which the motion of the shaft and the changes in the direction of the motion are caused to actuate the indicating and recordmg devices. Fig. 4 is a similar detail-view of the mechanism seen in Fig. 3, illustrating the relative position of the parts at the time the engine is starting to rotate in the opposite direction to that represented in Fig. 3. -Fig. 5 is a detail top-view, on an enlarged-scale, showing the construction of the frictional joints and bearing of the parts connecting the actuating means with the indicator-hand and the registering means, the parts being shown partly in section. Fig. 6 is a frontelevation', on an enlarged scale, of the complete indicator and recorder and its inclos'ing case, with the removable front-plate and the skeleton frame of the case broken away in part toex ose more clearly to view the parts ehind.' ig. 7 illustrates a modification of the recording mechanism, showing insideview the means for operating printingde vices in'place of the punches or perforating devices that are employed in the mechanism represented in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a transverse section on the line a;a: Fig. 6, looking-from every time the case is unlocked to give access to the mechanism.

The motion-indicating device in this invention consists of a hand mounted or arranged for vibratory movement at a sight-opening, and connected therewith a means for imparting a vibratory movement to the hand from the engine-driven shaft, whereby the hand is caused to vibrate in-harmony with the revolutions of the shaft, the said vibrating means 0 mt also to change the working osit5); of ie vibrat' hand from one si e of the center of the sig t-opening to the opposite side thereof, as often as the engine is reversed and the driven shaft is caused to revolve in the opposite direction to that in whichit was In ving.

In the complete mechanism illustrated in Fig. 1 the motion indicating-device is combined with a recording-device, through the medium of which a record is obtained for future reference of the motions and the changes taking lace in the direction of the motions of the shaft. This additional feature of a recording mechanism increases the advantages derived from the use of the motion-indicating device, by furnishing a permanent record both of the relative speed of the enginedriven shaft and of all variations in the speed as the same take place either in the forward or backward rotations of the shaft, and of all reversals made in the; direction of the motion.

In the complete indicating and recording device of my invention illustrated in Fig. 1 the various parts and mechanism are inclosed for convenience in a single case W, the removable front-plate w of which is secured in place by a locking-device having by reference three separate lock-barrels of suc character that the operation of the three separate keys is necessary to unfasten the front-plate and gives access to the mechanism inside the case.

The case W contains, as will be hereinafter more particularly described, a single strip or sheet upon which are made, not only records of the movements of the engine or other apparatus whose movements are to be recorded, and of signals from the pilot or other person who may direct the movements of the engine, but also a record of the opening or attem ted opening of the case in which the record sheet is contained. The advantage of this is ap arent, as thereby the sequential relation of t e opening or attempted opening of the case with reference to any particular record of signals given and of responses thereto in the movements of the engine is shown.

Let it be supposed that an accident has occurred and there is dispute as to'the record shown on the strip or sheet, a claim bei made that the record has been tampered wit and altered. If the record shows that after the accident the case had been opened-this being shown by the lockrecord-there might be color to the ch e of tam ering; whereas, if the record shdi ifd show tliht the case had not been opened at all, until, let it be supposed, the arrival in port, and in the presence of disinterested witnesses, then the presumption that the record was true and unaltered would be conclusive.

With each lock-barrel, or the arts of the lock that are actuated by each ey, is combined a recording-device comprising a unch or marking device the construction amf operation of which will be described with reference to Fi 6 and 11. A stationary dieplate 82 s1tuated behind or on one side of the bottom-plate 178 of the lock-barrels 78 forms a support for the record-strip P in which erforations are made on every rotation of the lock-barrels when the keys are inserted and the lock-mechanism is operated. At each lock-barrel is arranged a unch 80 having one end bearing ainst the ace of an eccentric disk 79 so fixe lock-barrel 78 that in the rotation of the lock-barrel the punch 80 will be pressed against the pa er-stri lying behind the cutting end 0 t e punc and a record made thereon. A spring 81 holds the head of the punch in contact with the disk 80, as seen in i 11. This recording-attachment at the loc prevents the case from being opened without a record being made of the same, and the use of more than one locking-device puts a check on any unauthorized access to the recordinIg-mec anism.

Usual y the recording-mechanism is contained in the same case with the. motionindicator, but the general construction ofthe parts,is such that the indicator can be arra ed in a separate case capable of being place in a different position or'in a different situation. And where additional indicators may be necessary or convenient in different locations in the vessel they can readily be connected for operationwith the same actuating mechanism at the shaft. I have illustrated two such additional motion-indicators at Figs. 2 and 2, connected with the same mechanism at the shaft A which actuates the indicator and recorder illustrated in Fig. 1'. The indicator-hands b b in Figs. 2 and 2 are the counter-parts of the hand B seen in Fig. l, and being connected with the same bar C at the e 'ne-driven shaft, it will be evident that eac indicator will show by the vibrations and by the changes in the working on the end of the.

position of hand B (or 'b) is caused to vibrate from and in harmony with the revolutions of the engine-driven shaft, operates also to change the working position of the hand from one side of the center T of the sight-opening to the opposite side whenever a change in the direction or the motion of the shaft-takes place. The vibrating mechanism has the additional function therefore, of shifting or changing the position of the indicating-hand automatically by or from the reversal of the e inc-driven shaft.

The construction and o eration of the means by which both the vi rations and the change in working position are effected, will be described with reference to Figs. 1, 3 and 4.

The bar C sets across the shaft A and is movable in an are on a center composed of a rocker-bearing D, -in which the bar is also fitted to slip. or move longitudinally to a limited extent. The longer arm or member of the bar C onone side of the bearing lies u on or against the shaft A, and in the path 0 a fixed in or projection 5 in the shaft.

To the s orter arm or member of the bar C situated on the opposite side of the center D is connected the hand of the indicator,

- either by a single wire 1), or by a line of wires and bell-cranks 2, where the situation of the indicator requires the connecting wires to be turned in different directions. Through these connectionsthe movements of the bar C as it is alternately lifted and dropped by the pin 5 in the revolutions of the shaft A, short vibratory movements are im arted to the hand B of the indicator in iarmony with the motion of the shaft. The relative speed of the engine and the fact that it is in motion, or at rest, at any time is exhibited by theindicator B, and the indicator 1) wherever they are located in the vessel. Insteadof bein fixed in the bearing D, however, the bar has a limited movement longitudinally in the hole through which it passes. Such movement in one direction is limited by, a

I hired collar 6, and in the opposite direction bythe coiled spring E, one end of which is attached to the end of the bar C and the other to a fixed oint on the bearing Z below the center 0 motion of the bearing D. Under the tension of this spring E the bar is retained in normal workin position with respect to the pin 5, and whi e the shaft A continues to revolve in a forward direction, as indicated by the arrow in Fi 3, the bar lying over the shaft will be lifte( and dropped as the pin 5 passes under it. On the other hand, when a reverse motion of the shaft A in which the shaft takes place and it is revolved in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 4, the in 5 will be carried against the end of the ar C; and, striking that end, it'will push the bar lon 'tudina ly through the bearingDasthe sha t continues to-tu'rn backward, with the effect to carry the bar C from itsposition over the shaft to the position under it, indicated by dotted lines in Fi 4. The effect. of changing theposition o the longer member of the bar C from above the shaft to such position below it, and correspondingly changing the position of the shorter member on the opposite side of the bearing D, is to move the hand of the indicator from one side of the center of the sight-opening to a working position on the opposite side; for the reason that the point of attachment of the connecting .wires p with the bar C is set above the axis D a sufiicient extent to allow the hand B of the indicator to be drawn over to the opposite side of the center T, by the spring H, thereby changing the working position of the handB from the left to the right side of the sight-opening With the longer member of the bar C lying against the lower side of the shaft A, therefore, the hand of the indicator will be maintained in working position to the right of the center T, and while retaining that position it will be vibrated by the bar C during the revolutions of the shaft'A. On the other hand, on the instant that the motion 'of the shaft A is reversed the bar C will be brought to the opposite position over the shaft A, and the indicator will bedrawn over to the left of the center T by the increased strain thrown on the wires 12. It will be seen that the function of the spring E is to hold the bar C against the lower side of the shaft when occupying the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, as well as to maintain the bar-in osition with the collar against the bearin whereas the office of the s ring H is to eep the connecting wires p un er proper tension in both working ositions of the bar 0 and to hold that part own in the path of the projection 5 when the bar is lying over the shaft. The two springs E H, thus maintain the required degree of tension upon the line of connecting wires,

and so control the vibrating hand that, under all variations in the length of thewires due to stretching, or to expanison and contraction of the metal, the relative position of the hand in either adjustment to one side or the other of the center will remain, the same. Provision is made for regulating the-tension of the spring H by attaching one end to a nut 12 working on a screw. A vibrating mechanism of this construction has the advantage of producing both the vibrations of the indicating-hand and its adjustment or change or working position, directly from the revolutions of the shaft and in harmony with its motions, through a. single line of ture in connection with this motion-indicating deviceconsists in a frictionjoint or vprop er working means connecting the hand of the indicator with the wire through which the vibrating mechanism acts on the hand. The object of thislpart of the invention is to insure the position of the indicatingand at the sight-opening in either adjustment, and to prevent it from being shifted or thrown outvof such position by changes taking: lace in the length of the connecting wires w en exposed to variations in temperature, or such as may be due to the stretching of the wires. This feature of the indicatin mechanism is illustrated in Figs. 2, 5, 6 an' 8 in which a stud screwed into the front of the case forms the axis or center for the indicator-hand. I

The arm 9, Figs. 6 and 8 to which is attached the wire forms the connection between the hand ii and the wire p, but instead of fastening the arm 9 to the hand B in a rigid manner it is connected to the hub on the end of the hand B by a friction-clutch 10, of any well-known construction, fitted to turn on the stud G. A construction of friction-clutch specially adapted for the purpose is illustrated in Figs. 2 and 5, the same comprising a tubular male member 93 to which the hand I) is fixed, and a sleeve or female member 92 rotatable thereon and about the stud g.

The arm f which corres onds to the 'arm 9 in Figs. 2 and 5, is formed as a part of, or-is fixed to the sleeve 92 and the last mentioned part surrounds the tubular member 93, the portion over which it is fitted being of conical sha e to obtain the required friction between t e two parts. A coiled sprin 96 surrounding the cylindrical portion 0 the tubular member, and interposed between the sleeve 92 and a threaded nut 97 on the cylindrical portion, presses the sleeve back upon the conical member, producing the roper degree of friction to cause the hand b to move with the arm f in the vibrating movement of that part. In the event of a change in the angular position of the arm f (or 9), however, under any variations taking place in the length of the connecting wires, the frictional coupling allows the, hand to adjust itself, or the arm to'move upward or downward without afl'ectim the position of the hand. The function 0 the stops 13 14 on the left side and on the right side of the case is to limit the throw of the hand in its change of position from one side to the other of the centerofthe sight-opening in the changes taking place in the osition of the bar C at the engine driven s laft. When the parts are pro erly. adjusted the hand I) will be broug t against the stop 14 by the tension of the spring h, as often as the bar C is set for opera'tion below the shaft A; or, at the following reverse-motion, the bar C being set in the opposite position overlying the shaft,- the addltlonal strain, or tension thrown. on the wires p will bring the hand b over to the o posite side and against the stop '13. T e stops 13 and 14 are situated suchdistance apart, and in such relation to the indicator and to the sight-opening through'whichthe indicator is seen, that the latter, when against one orthe other stop is at its extreme limit of movement, either to the right or to the left. The distance between the stops should be a little less than the distance that the indicator, should it be free to move, will be shifted by the connections that operate it thus allowing for the resetting or readjusting of the indicator, in the manner already described, whenever this may be necessary by the changing tension upon the line of motiontransmitting connections or for other reasons. The relative working positions of the indicatin -hand during its vibratory motions to one si e or the other of the center of the sight-opening are thus always the same, w ether it be set on the left, or on the right side of the center T.

In combining a counter. or register with this indicating-device, to re ister the number of vibrations made by t e hand during a given eriod, the same is connected as illustrated in Fig. 2, by providin an arm 91- on the friction sleeve 92, to whic a register of any well-known construction is connected by a rod 165, one end of which is attached to the arm, and the other end to the actuatin shaft or other member of the units-wheel o the register. The stops m--n on 0 site sides of the arm 91 control the positlon of that art in the movement of the hand I) from one's1de of the center of the sight-opening to the opposite side. In such ad'ustment the friction-clam 91 by which t e arm 91 is secured on t e sleeve 92 will allow the arm to slip whenthe hand is shifted to the op osite side of the center; but under the or- Binary vibratory motion of the hand, as it is acted on by the arm f, the friction between the parts that fasten the arm 91 to the friction-sleeve will so connect them to ether that the register will be acted on by t e vibrations without loss of motion due to slip of one art on the other.

T e recording mechanism of my invention furnishes a ermanent record of all the movements of t e e inc-driven shaft. It also makes a record all the signals given to the engineer from the pilot-house, or other part of the vessel; recording both the character of the various signals, and the order in which they are transmitted. In the present construction of this recording mechanism the two sets of records,those relating to the motions of the mechanism whose movements are being recorded, and those recording the signals or orders, are made at intervals on a movable band or strip of paper 1?, that is car ried along under separate sets of punches, or markers, by means of clock-work connected to one of the rolls. In the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the drawings of this 'case one set of these recording-devices is connected with the pulls st of the pilots signaling apparatus; the other set is con-" nected with and operated by the mechanism that also vibrates and shifts the indicatorhand B in the sight-opening.

The preferred kind or description of recording-device here employed makesa record by punching holes in the paper. Other forms or ind of recording-devices constructed to imprint or mark characters on the paper can be substituted for punches, however, as either kind of recording devic'e can be oper ated by the same mechanism.

The signal-operating means and the recording mechanism combined with it will be described with reference to Figs. 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. a

A slide-bar 22 movable in a guide-slot as seen in Figs. 6 and 8 and connected with the bell-pull s by wire 1), is arranged to travel once up and down every time the handle is pulled to give a sig'naLon the gon w. A

coiled spring 28 attached to the'side 22 brings it back to the'startin -point when the handle is released. A simi ar slide 22, connected with the pull-handle t of the other sig nal y by the wire 1', and arranged tomove 1n guide-slots parallel to the slide 22, is drawn ack to position by a spring 29. The construction and operation of these two slides and their manner of operating the recordingdevices are alike. Each slide carries a latchbar 23 pivotally attached to it, having on one end a hook 2 and on the opposite end a lat- (rally-projecting head with an inclined edge 25 setting at an an le to the direction of travel of the slide. his latch 23 on each of the two slides 22-22 has the function of winding up the clock-work that moves the record-strip P. On the same slides are mounted trippingpins 76, that operate the signal-recording devices in every down ward movement of the slidsj22-22. The Winding-mechanism consists of a strap 20 attached at one end to a draw-bar 21, and made fast at the other end to a drum 19 which is connected with the springbarrel of the clock-work by a awl and ratchet wheel 190.v The arbor of t e springbarrel is connected by a train of gears 1718 with the axle of the roller 16 on which the record-strip P is wound; and a pair 01 feed rolls 74, one above and the other beneath the record-strip, are connected with the same power by gears M. The record-strip is thus drawn from the lower roll 15 by the rolls 74, and is taken up by the upper roller 16 at a uniform rate of travel.

In the movement of either slide 22 or 22,

as it is drawn down by the pull-handle, the hooked end 24 of the latch will engage the cross-pin in the head of the slide 21 to which is attached the strap 20, and drawing that part down with it will wind up the spring-barrel 19. Sufficient power is thus stored up to set the record-strip moving and keep it inmotion for the required length of time to make a record of, the signals and of the movements of the engine made in response to the signals.

Usually a period of five minutes will be found ample duration for the movement of the rec ord-strip to continue after the signal, and the present clock-work mechanism is desi ned to set the record-strip in motion and eep it moving for that length of time. It should be understood, however, that such periodical movementsof the record-strip can be varied 1 in length, and that the invention is not necessarily confined or limited to the feature of operating the recording-devices and keeping the record-strip in motion within any particular duration of time immediately following a signal. It is important, however, that in producing for future reference, both a record of the signals transmitted to the engine room and of the movements of the engine made in response to such signals, there should also be provided some means of recording both the time when the signal was transmitted, and the moment when the direction in the movements of the engine was changed or modified in response to the signal; for if the record-strip should be caused to travel for an indefinite length of time after-the signals are given, without the interval of time occurring between the production of the signal and the change made in the motion of the engine'in response thereto being definitely recorded, there would be no check on the engineer on the one hand; and no means of determining beyond dispute on the other hand whether a signal had been properly given from the bridge or pilot-house, and had been properly and promptly obeyed in the engineroom. The means provided for that purpose in connection with this recording mech-' anlsm consists of a recording-device actuated directly by or from the winding-slide 21 and operating to mark the record-strip in every complete return of the slide to its initial posi- 'tionas the clock-spring 19 runs down, and thestrap 20 on the spring-barrel 19 is wound up. This record is made only when the slide 21 has been released from the latch 24' and has completed its upward movement to the starting point.

In every movement downward the slide 21 is locked by the latch-to that one of the slides 22 or 22 which is connected to the pull-handle being operated at the time, and isdrawn down 'with that slide; but at the end ofv its downward travel the incline 25011 the lower end of the'l atch. strikes a fixed-stop 27 on one side of the guide-slot, and throwing off the hooked end 24 from the cross-pin, it releases the slide 21, which is thereupon drawn backto position as the clock mechanism runs down.

Every complete rewinding of the strap '20 on the spring-barrel following the preceding period of movement of the record-stn is marked on the record-strip by' the punc or marker 40. This part is fixed on a rock-shaft 37, extending over the stationary'guide-plate that carries the slides 21 22 22". Motion is imparted to the rock-shaft 37 by a toe 38 on the shaft, and an abutment 38 carried by the slide 21, which in the return-movement of the slide under the recoil of the spring operates to strike the toe 38 and bring the record-arm 40 down against the record-strip P.

A forked-spring 61 holds the arm 40 in neutral position horizontally over the recordstrip, the same being composed of two tongues confining between them an extension-pin on the end of the arm 40, and serving to bring the arm back to a neutral position clear of the record-strip, both after the abutment 38 has passed under the toe 38 in the downward movement of the slide, and also when the abutment 38" bri s the recording-arm 40 against the recor strip by striking the toe 38. I

The records made of the signals are roduced from the movements of the s ides 22-22 as often as eitherone is drawn down by the pull-handle to which it isconnected. The records which they make on the recordstrip always precedethe record made by the marker 40, which is actuated by the slide 21 when that part has returned to its starti point. The marker 41 is 'fixed on a roiilshaft 39, from which an arm 44 extends in the path of the pin 76 on the upper end of the slide 22, so as to be struck and pressed back as the slide 22 is drawn downward. A spri 77 controls the latch 23 in such manner that the s ring. 77 will yield and permit proper latera movement of the latch to throw the hooked end 24 clear of the slide 21 when the latch is brought in contact with the fixed stop 27 on the stationary guide-plate. The same description applies to the parts that operate the marker 42 which is operated b the slide 22 connected with the pull-hand e s. The toe 43 extending in line with the in on the end of the slide 22 is fixed on a s ort tubular shaft surrounding and turning separately of the shaft 39, and the marker 42 stands parallelwith the marker 41 carried by the shaft 39. Both arms 41-42 are also returned to a neutral position after every movement by the forked spring 63, arranged in the same manner as the spring 61 that controls the marker 40 before mentioned.

The movement of the clock-work both in starting and in stopping isregulated and deby the governor, to

struction and {operation of which will be described with reference to Figs. 6 and 10.

On the shaft 32 of the clock-movement is a disk 3] movable lo 'tudinally on the shaft iii; arms 30 of which the disk is connected. Vhile rotating with the shaft 32 this disk is caused to bear against a friction-lever 33, as the centrifugal force acts on the governor-balls, and the frictional resistance which is set up by the fixed head 33, controls the rotation of the shaft that carries the disk. The part 33 being composed of a cross-head 33 and an arm 33 at right angles to the cross-head, is so mounted in relation to the disk 31 and to an adjustable stop 34 that when the centrifugal force acting through the "governor-balls causes the disk 31 to bear crum for the lever is rendered adjustable from the outside of the case by being mounted on the end of a screw rod 36, the head of which is situated outside the case. The end of the arm 33 projects in the path of a sto 35 on the back of the winding-strap which by contact With the arm arrests the further movement of the disk 31 and stops the clockmovement at the end of each recording operation.

As the slide 21 returns to place in every complete rewinding of the strap 20, it prevents further movement of the record-strip P by utting on the brake; thus holding the recor -strip at rest until the next operation of the recording-mechanism when the signals are operated again and the slide 21 is drawn down. In every complete rewinding of the stra 20, as the stop 35 comes in contact with the lever 33 the head 33 is brought against the disk 31 with suflicient force to arrest the shaft 32 and stop the clock-movement.

The recording-device 40 is arran ed to be actuated in every complete period or which the clock-work is set to run b a single winding, so as to make a recor on the paperstri only when the bell-pulls are not 0 rate agaln and signals are not transmit to the engine-room within the'period for which the record-strip is set'in motion and caused to travel by one winding operation of the clock-world The record made by this recordin -device 40, therefore, marks the time when t e clock work has run down and the record-strip has ceased to move after the last signal givento the engineer; and b the location on the record-strip of the orations or other indicating marks made y the other recording-devices 146147 with relation to the record made by this device 40, the la of time or interval between the transmission of a signal by either bell-pull and the movements ofthe engine in response to the signal is marked on the record-strip by the part 40, and

is readily read and determined from the record The punches or markers 146 and 147 that ments of the hand. The bar 52 may be actuated also in another way by connecting it directly to one of the wires p running to the bar C at the shaft A, as by a wire 153 carried from the end of the bar 52 through the bottom of the case, and thence to the bar C. This connection is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6. Acoiled-spring 55 attached to the opposite end of the slide-bar 52 maintains proper tension on the connecting wires to 'eep the bar 52 moving in harmony with the hand B and shaft A. The spring 55 also takes up the slack in the connecting wires due to contraction or expansion. It also maintains the wires in proper tension as the working position of the hand B is changed from one side to the other of the sight-o ening. Upon the bar 52, which, as descri ed, moves in consonance with the shaft or other part whose motions are to be indicated o recorded, is mounted a yielding contact de-,

vice, designated as a whole by the numeral 56, through which the motions of the bar are communicated to the markers. In order to permit the bar 52 to have a longer throw or movement than is required to roperly bring it into 0 erative relations wit the markers or recor ing devices it controls, this being necessary because the connections between the shaft and bar may vary in length under different conditions of use, the contact device 56 is yieldingly mounted on the bar and is adjustable therealon and there are arranged in combination t erewith sto s which properly set it in correct'operative re ation to the marking or recording devices. As often as changes take place in the position of the arm B, the bar 52 is moved longitudinally in its bearings 54, bringing the end of the contact device or sleeve 56 in contact with a fixed stop 50 (or 51), and changing the working position of the sleeve 56 on the bar. To

ermit this longitudinal movement of the bar 52 through the sleeve56 when the end of the latter is arrested by the fixed stop in front of it, the sleeve is held on the bar 52 b a friction-clutch, comprising a yielding block 58 held against the bar 52 by a coiled spring 59, having a serrated face bearing against a similar surface on the bar, to increase the friction between the parts.

In the short reciprocatlons of the bar '52 the as it moves in harmony with the hand B when the latter occupies the position at the left, the lower end of the sleeve 52 will strike the pin 49 on the rock-shaft 47 that operates the punch or marker 147; in this movement the ressure oi the friction-block 58 against bar 52 is suflicient to lock the sleeve and prevent it from slipping on the bar. But, on the other hand, as often as the hand B is set over to'the right, the connecting wire 53,

(or 153) will become slack, and under the tension of the spring 55 the bar 52 will have a'longer initial movement in the bearings 54, the effect of which will be to first bringthe upper end of the sleeve 56 against the stop 50, and thereby arrest and hold the sleeve at.

that point, but the bar 52 willcontinueto I move and will be drawn through the sleeve as the friction-block 58 will yield under the increased strain "on the wires and the bar 52, and place the sleeve in a different position on the bar. In the short reciprocations following this long movement of the bar, as the latter vibrates with the hand B the sleeve will be confined on the bar and its upper end will strike and operate the rock-shaft 46 of the other marker or recording deyice 146 in each vibrating movement.

In one position on the bar 52, when the hand B is vibrating on the left of the center, the sleeve 56 will strike the pin 49 in every down-stroke of the bar 52, and the line of perforations made by the punch 147 will show that the engine is traveling forward; whereas, in the opposite position of the sleeve 56 on the bar, which itoccupies when the indicator B is set over to the right, the bar 52 will carry the end of the sleeve against the stop 48 on the rock-shaft46, and the vibrations of the hand B will be recorded on the strip P by the second line of perforations made by the punch 146, showing that the engine is-backing. I

' A mechanical register of an well-known kind is connected with the roc -shaft 47, to be operated by that part in time with the punch 14-7 that records the revolutions of the the other on the actuating shaft of the counter IQ Every record made by the marker 147 on therecord-strip will thus be registered at the counter I. .An additional .register'of the same kind can be connected with the rock-shaft 46 and actuated by that: part in every movement of the punch 146,

so as to register the total number of revolu: tions made by the engine when running backwards.

In those situations or conditions of use Where it may be desirable to ascertain the rate of speed bein made by the engine during a given period of time, as for example, during the period of one minute, I provide a separate registering-device, as K, Pig. 6, which I actuate from the rock-sh aft 47 at the required moment by temporarily connecting' the actuating-sh aft of the register K with. the rod 65, for the required interval of time, and then automatically sto the register at the end of the period by disconnecting the rod 69 from the rod 65.

The means which I employ to connect and disconnect the registering-device, consists of the rod 69 connected with the actuating shaft of the units-wheel in the register K, and having a hook shaped lower end 70, in line with notches, or recesses, 68 in the rod 65. The two rods 6569 are locked or temporarily connected together when the hooked end of the rod 69 is ressed into a notch of the rod 65, but a at spring 70 bearing against the rim of the disk-cam 71, holds the A hooked end of the rod 69 normally away from the notched portion of the bar 65 and keeps the two rods disconnected until by the rotation of the cam 71 when the same is turned by the spring barrel, the rod 69 will be pressed forward, and its hooked end'will be set in the notch of the bar 65. As often as the cam 71 is set in motion, its ortion of greater diameter acting against 't e spring 70 will press and hold the hooked end of the rod 69 in the notch 68 of the rod 65. The two rods 6569 will then be held together as long as that ortion of the cam bears against the back of. t e spring, and this condition will be maintained until in the continued rotation of the camfits portion of less diameter will be brought against the spring, whereupon the hooked end of the rod 69 will be withdrawn from the rod 65 bythe spring 70, and the register Kwill be disconnected. Rotation is given to the cam 71 for a given period of time, as for the space of one minute,

y means of a spring-barrel 98, of ordinary construction into which the cam is geared by a spur wheel 99 and a pinion 73.

A pull-rod, or wire, 100 extending through the case to the outside is connected with the spring-barrel by a winding-strap 101, one end of which is attached to the barrel and the other to the rod 100, so that the s ring will be wound as the strap is drawn off t e barrel. A single pull of the rod 100 will wind and store up sufficient power in the spring-barrel to keep the register K connected with the rod 65, during the period of one minute or other predetermined period after the register is set to run, and the register K will be actuated by the rod 69 for that period of time and no longer. Stop-pins 102 on the side of the cam 71 arrest the cam at the end of a com lete revolution by engaging the end of .the r0 100 device similar to a centrifuga bal which lies in their path. The position of these arts when at rest and disconnected from the rod 65 is illustrated in Fig. 6. i The rod 100 is connected with the throw-off lever of the register K at 103, for conveniently resetting the register back to zero, as often as the rod 100 is pulled to start the spring-barrel for operating the register.

Instead of emplo ing-punches or perforating-devices for ma ing the records on the strip P, other means, such as type-bars or similar printing-devices may be used, such, for exam le, as illustrated in Fig. 7, where the type-bars 146 and 147 are actuated by the contact of the sleeve 56 with the pin 149 pin 148 on the hub of the op osite type-bar 146". It will be seen that these two typebars in Fig. 7 and their operating parts correspond in function to the unches 146, 147 and the parts that actuate t em and that in either construction a record will be made on the paper P ,from the reciprocating movements of the bar 52.

The addition of a signal-bell to the motionindicator as shown in Fig. 6, operating to give an audible signal in every change taking place in the working position of the hand B, will be fo und'a great convenience under many conditions of use. This attachmentis readily placed inside the case in such osition that the hand B will 0 erate a stri er 163, and

roduce an audib e signal every time the iiand B is thrown over the center from either side. The striker-rod 163 is a s ring-rod fixed at one end 164, and provided with an angular offset 165 projecting in the path of a pin 166 on the hand B; the striker on the ee end of the rod 163 being arranged in close relation to the gong 162 to strike the same every time the pin 166 lifts and drops the rod 163.

\ Every change in the motion of the engine from ahead to astern,. or in the reverse ascertain the same from the position of the hand at the sight-opening.

The connecting mechanism through which the indicating and recording mechanisms receive their movements from the engine shaft or other part whose movements are being recorded, illustratedand described in this case are not herein claimed but are presented and claimed in my application, Number 370,874, filed A ril 29, 1907.

I am aware t at it has been pro to make a record of the movements 0 a ships shaft by means of apparatus comprisin a recording marker adapted to trace a fine upon arecord sheet, acentrifu all operating governor on an engine connected with and moving marker, and dr ving connections between the shaft and the said centrifugal governor device; and I desire tobe understood as not claiming such an apparatus as that referred to. In such proposed apparatus, the corn nection of the recording device or marker was directly with the centrifugal governor, and not directly with the shaft whose movements it was intended should be recorded. It would follow that in using such a device the record made would be a record of the governor or centrifugal device,which, as is now well understood, can not be depended upon at sea since the rolling of the ship will cause it to move independently of the movements that it receives from its connection with the shaft or engine, and hence the record that would be made would not be an exact record of the shafts movements. On the other hand,by means of my apparatus the record corresponds exactly with the movements of the shaft.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is: 1

1. In a motionindicator for an engine driven shaft a hand having vibratory motion at a sight-opening and capable of adjustment as to its working position with relation to the center of the sigh t-opening, means for vibrating the hand in harmony with the revolutions of the engine-driven shaft and operating in every reversal of the shaft to change the hand from its working position on one side of the center of the sight-opening to a corresponding position in the opposite side thereof, and means operated by the vibrating means for making a record of the vibrations.

2. In a motion-indicator for an enginedriven shaft a hand having vibratory motion at a sight-opening and capable of adjustment as to working position during such vibrations, means for vibrating the said hand in har mony with the revolutions of the shaft and for adjusting the working position of the hand from one side to the other of the center of the sight-openingin every change taking place in the direction of the mot-ionof the shaft, and means operated by said handvibrating and adjusting means for making a record of the said changes in the working position of the hand.

3. The combination with an engine-driven shaft, of a hand mounted for vibratory motion at a sight-opening and adjustable as to its working position on one side or the other of the center of said opening, means for imparting vibratory motion to the hand from and in harmony with the revolutions of the shaft, said means operating in working position on one side or the other of the sight-opening according to the direction in which the shaft is being driven, a recordstrip, and means for making a record of the vibrations of the hand, and separate means to set the hand the l for making a record of the changes in the working position of the hand on the same record-strip.

4. In a motion-indicator and recorder for an engine-driven shaft, the combination of a plurality of motionindicating hands, each separately mounted for vibratory motion at a sight-opening and adjustable as to working position with relation to the center of its sight-opening, means for vibrating all the hands in harmony with the revolutions of the engine-driven shaft and for adjusting all the hands simultaneously to a working position from one side of the center of its s1ghtopening to the opposite side in every reversal in the motion of the shaft, means for making a record of the revolutions of the shaft as indicated by the vibrations of the hands, and means ror making a record of the changes in thedirection of the motion imparted to the 'shaft by the engine, as the same takes place.

5. An apparatus for recording the movements of a ships shaft, comprising a recording device for directly indicating its revolutions in one direction, a device for directly indicating its revolutions in the opposite d1- reetion, a contact device for operating the said recording devices, and connections between the contact device and the shaft to turns in the reversedirection.

6. In a device for recording the movements of an engine-driven shaft, the combination of a hand, means for directly connecting the hand with the shaft and arranged to impart to the former vibratory movements in consonance with the revolutions of the latter,

means operating to make a record of the vibrations of said hand, a signal-operating device, and means for making arecord of the signals transmitted by the said signaloperating device.

7. In anapparatus for recording the movements of the shaft of a ship, the combination of a signal-giving means, means for making a record of the signals transmitted thereby, a support for .a sheet upon Which the said record is made, vibratory means for recording the revolutions of the ships shaft upon the same sheet as that recording the signals given and in sequential relation thereto, and means directly connecting the ships shaft and the devices that record its revolutions, whereby an accurate record of the shafts revolutions is made.

v 8. In a ships recording apparatus, the combination with a ships shaft, of a su port for a strip or sheet on which the recor s are made, means for transmitting signals between the pilot and the engineer, means for recording on the said strip or sheet the signals received by the engineer, connections for operating the said recording means conmeans for recording on the said sheet, and in sequential relation to the other records, the revolutions of the shaft, and direct connections between the shaft and the last said recording means, substantially as set forth.

9.. In a motion-indicator and'recorder, the

combination of means directly connected with the shaft and arranged to make records in consonance with the revolutions of the shaft, means for making a record of the changes in the direction of motion of the shaft, a si nal-operatin device for transmitting signa s to 0 ahea a second si al-opcrating device or transrmtting signa s to reverse the engine, and a series of independent recording marking devices for making separate records of said s' als. l r

10. In a motion-in 'cator and recorder for an engine-driven shaft the combination of a hand pivotally mounted behmd a sight-openin means for impartin vibratory motion to said hand from the. revo utions of the enginedriven shaft and in harmony therewith, means for setting the vibratory hand in one position at the sight-opening when the shaft is rotating forward and in another position when the en ine is reversed and the shaft is being rotate backward, means for making a record of the vibrations of the hand in either position, means for making a record of the changes in the working position of the vibrating hand, a si nal-operating device for, transnntting signals to go ahead and signals to reverse the engine, and means actuated by said signal-operating devices for marking records of the said signals in the order in which they are transmitted.

11. In a motion-indicator and recorder'for an engine-driven shaft, the combination of a record-strip, means for recordi thereon the revolutions of the shaft, means or recording the changes made in the direction of revolution of the shaft, signal-operating devices for transmitting signals to control and chan e the movements of the shaft, means for mak ing a record on the record-strip of the said signals in the order in which they are transmitted, means for imparting motion to the record-strip for a predetermined period of time, and means for recording on the recordstrip the termination of its motion;

12. In an organized mechanism for indicating and recording the movements of an engine-driven shaft on a vessel, a visual indicator, means for vibrating it in harmony with the revolutions of the shaft, means for transmitting orders to the engine-room, a record-strip, means actuated by the ordertransmitting means for imparting motion to the record'strip, means for determining and controlling the duration of such motion, means for making a record of the movements of the visual indicator, and means for recordments of an engine driven shaft, t

ing on the record-strip the operation of the order-transmitting means at the moment of its operation.

13., In an apparatus for recording the motion the record'strip-moving means w en-' ever an order is transmitted,'and means for directlyrecording on the strip the movements of the engine sha t, substantlally as set forth.

14. In an apparatus for recor movee combination of a case, a record strip mounted therein, means for recordinghupon the strip the signals transmitted to t e engine room, means forrecording directly upon the strip the movements of the ship sequential relation to the signals given, looking means forclosi the case, requiring the use of a plurality of eys to release or unlock the same, and separate recording means operated by the di erent keys when used in t s shaft in their,

a support for a I e lock arranged to make records on the said strip in sequential relation to the other records whenever the lock is operated by a key, substantially as set forth.

15. In an apparatus for making a record of the working of a marine engine, the combination with the shaft, of reciprocating mechanical connections mo 1n consonance with the revolutions of the shaft, a device for making a record of the movements of the shaft, motion transmitting means adapted to be brought into working engagement with the said reciprocating connections at will, a timing device for automatically disengaging the said connections'after they have been in engagement a determined length of time, and means for setting the timing device when the said engagement is made, substantially as set forth.

16. In'an apparatus for making upon a movable strip a record' of signals given an engineer from a distant point, the combination of means for moving the strip arranged to operate a predetermined length of time for each comp ete windi devices for making a record of the signa s given to the engineer, and means for winding up or storing power for operating the; said mechanism whenever a signal is given, whereby after each signal the strip moving mechanism will be set to move the strip a definite distance, substantially as set forth.

17. In an apparatus for making upon'a movable strip a record of signalsgiven to an engineer from a distant point, the combination of the strip moving mechanism arranged to move the strip a predetermined distance for each complete cycle of movements of the 'saidrmovi device means for ma a record of the signals on the strip, means for setting the parts of the strip-moving device to a position to-commence a cycle of movements, these means being arranged to reset the parts whenever a signal is given, and

means for stopping the strip-moving device when they have completed a cycle of'rnovements, whereby the strip will always be moved a definite distance after the last signal given before it is stopped, substantially as set forth. p

18. In an apparatus for making upon a movable strip a record of signals given to an engineer by the pilot of a ship from a distant point, the combination of strip-moving devices, devices for making records on the strip, an engineers sounding signal, a pull, a single line of mechanical connections extending from the pull and branching at a point distant from the pull, one branch leading to the sounding signal and the other to the record making devices, and means for maintaining the said cnnnections under proper tension, substantially as set forth.

WALTER S, RUSH. vWitnesses:

EDWARD E. OSBORN, L. M; FRANK. 

